Numbers aside for the moment...remember the point I was trying to make initially, that no other patent, in the history of double production, instantly commanded such a large marketshare, forcing all competitors to respond, or face possible demise...not before and not since...
If there are any that come close, I'd like to hear about it....
Remember, Newton Arms employed Flues after that economic boom that Ithaca Gun Co experienced, in hopes of attaining the same type of financial success...AND...there is evidence that Emil Flues may have been involved, to some degree, in the final years of the E R Thomas motorcar company. People hoped that he could do for them, as he had done for Ithaca Gun Co.
